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The War Merit Cross (Italian: Croce al Merito di Guerra) is an Italian military decoration. It was instituted on 19 January 1918, by King Victor Emmanuel III This cross is of the type warded during the Great War, including awards to allied personnel from the British & British Empire armed forces Basic award criteria eligibility required Italian personnel to have experienced a minimum of one year's combat service, to those who had received the Medal of the Wounded, or to those who, when mentioned for war merit, received a promotion. Also, if an act of valour was deemed insufficient for award of the Medal of Military Valour, the War Merit Cross could be awarded instead Condition: GVF
Code: 20768
40.00 GBP
Initially Instituted as a 'War Memorial Badge' (Riband) on 17 November 1948, the award was restyled a Medal by the Decree of 6 May 1959. The basic qualifying criteria was 3 months service, in the uniformed services of the state, or in partisan forces during the 'Anti-Fascist' War. The time element was waived in case of those killed or wounded on active service, or for those decorated for bravery or mentioned in despatches The 4 x service clasps designated for award with this medal are; "1943" "1944" "1945" & "1946" Condition: About EF
Code: 19282
Reserved
Fitted with original soiled silk 'moire' riband. Condition: About GVF
Code: 19061
20.00 GBP
The medal was first instituted in 1894, and made retrospective to include campaigns dating back to 1884 The geogrpahic scope of this campaign medal covered many areas and campaigns that took place in the Horn of Africa, during the colonial 'Scramble for Africa'. Most notable in this period was the ill-fated Italian expedition to Ethiopia 1895.1896, where at the Battle of Adowa,on 1 March 1896 an Italian force of approximately 17,700 men was defeated by the Ethiopians - with the Italians losing an estimated 6394 men killed in the battle (Ethiopian losses are estimated to have been 3867 killed) Condition: About EF
Code: 19067
85.00 GBP
Condition: GVF
Code: 19062
For civilians recommended for their distinguished services in the emergency and humanitarian services rendered after the Earthquake, the medal was awarded as a medal of merit in three classes, and with a distinctive riband with 4 x vertical stripes. Subsequently when the medal was awarded to the uniformed services, the medal was only awarded in bronze grade, and with a riband of 3 x vertical stripes The medal here offered is in bronze denoting a '3rd Class' merit award, with first type riband, having four vertical stripes (second type ribands have 3 x vertical stripes). The medal is of the second type without designer's signature on obverse A scarce seen modern 'Earthquake' emergency medal Condition: EF
Code: 19053
SOLD
This the medal type struck by Societ? Italiana Medaglia of Rome Condition: GVF
Code: 16261
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